A Cinderella Story is a 2004 American Romantic Comedy film. The film was directed by Mark Rosman and distributed by Warner Bros. The title begins with a magical type of music. The titles that appear are in a traditional, old font in the colour gold; the colour gold symbolizes wealth which suggests to the viewer that the family is quite rich. We also see castles which imply a fairy-tale theme within the film as it is called 'A Cinderella Story'. In the next scene the music changes to 'This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)' this song shows the depth of love between this father and daughter (Sam) and it shows a typical rich girl (princess) being spoilt by her dad. The typography of the titles changes and appears more 'girly' as it is in pink and the colour pink signifies femininity as well as love and romance. After her dad marries Fiona (to Sam's disappointment), who has two daughters it suggests to the viewer that something terrible may happen. In the next scene after, there is an earthquake in which Sam's father dies and her life drastically changes and with this the music changes. The music changes to a song called 'sympathy' which makes the viewer to sympathise with Sam. From then on the story seems to mimic the fairy-tale Cinderella, as Sam is Cinderella, Fiona the wicked step-mother and the two ugly sisters, Brianna and Gabriella (who are Fiona's daughters).
This film is suggested as a Rom-Com to viewers through the following codes and conventions in the title sequence: a voice over, by the colours used (pink) and also because the film is like a remake of Cinderella so it gives the viewer a clue as to what may happen at the end, Sam meets her Prince Charming.
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